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Date:      Tue, 28 Mar 2000 17:27:17 -0500 (EST)
From:      miy <miyako@sakr.net>
To:        Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: upgrading from 3.4 to 4.0
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003281722580.9443-100000@sakr.net>
In-Reply-To: <38E0F773.6B847D93@gorean.org>

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I have tried configuring the GENERIC kernel, and it results in a long list
of syntax errors beginning with this:

:/usr/src/sys/i386/conf> /usr/sbin/config GENERIC
config: line 20: Unknown machine type
config: line 20: syntax error
config: line 21: syntax error
config: line 22: syntax error
config: line 23: syntax error
...
...

and the last line is:

Specify machine type, e.g. ``machine vax''

The make fails entirely from /usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC

Am I doing something terribly wrong? I would appreciate any suggestions.

Thanks again,
Frederick


On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Doug Barton wrote:

> miy wrote:
> > 
> >         I am fairly new to freebsd, and I want to keep up to date with
> > everything available. I am upgrading from 3.4 Stable to 4.0 and I am
> > having some difficulty. I began by using CVSup in order to update the
> > sources, and then I did the following:
> > 
> >   cd /usr/src
> >   make buildworld
> >   cd /usr/src/sbin/mknod
> >   make install
> >   cd /usr/src/sys/modules
> >   make install
> >   cd /usr/src
> > 
> > This has all worked. Now as I try to configure my kernel
> > /usr/sbin/conifg MYKERNEL
> > 
> > I get the following error:
> > 
> > config: can't open ../conf/devices.i386
> 
> 	Your old kernel file won't work. Start off with compiling GENERIC and
> then when you get a feel for the new system start adding/deleting from
> it.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Doug
> -- 
>     "So, the cows were part of a dream that dreamed itself into
> existence? Is that possible?" asked the student incredulously.
>     The master simply replied, "Mu."
> 
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